6 Responses to Free Speech or Breaking the Law ?

The technicality used here to arrest the girl is that under Texas law, standing in the street when there is a sidewalk next to you is a misdemeanor. Obviously the girl is on the sidewalk and she was arrested under a false charge. Reportedly the police threatened to arrest her under the felony charge of obstructing justice as well. This is another example of police abuse of power, something which happens all the time. And the vast majority of the time the police get away with it.

This is clearly free speech to me. After watching the video, it’s clear it is also free speech to the police who may now be lying about her causing a road hazard by showing the sign while walking in the roadway (according to her, she remained on the sidewalk). Also, I’m not sure the police had the right to search her backpack for the sign she had been waving. What was the point to that search? If she was just illegally walking on the highway, they could have just arrested her for that… no need to search her backpack!

I believe we now live in an out-of-control welfare/warfare/Police State, which our Founding Fathers would have been very, very upset with. This is an example of the 3rd part of that out-of-control country we now live in today!

somebody IN Texas ( with the knowledge ) needs to step up and help this woman
properly sue the city for all the wrongs they committed. Does Terry Ingram have a
double in TX? Does anyone reading this know anyone in Texas that can find out?

Otherwise talking about it will accomplish absolute SHIT.
THE SAME AS SIGNING PETITIONS. Nelson Obeso

There are two problems here – the apparent violation of this woman’s free speech and subsequent lack of due process is one. Assuming her story is correct, there is a second problem which is the damage to the credibility of our law enforcement. If she was falsely arrested, the officer should be suspended and fined, at minimum and if he does this again, dismissed permanently.